Kaggwa, Martin; Sithole, Sinenhlanhla(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2020)
Two parallel developments are taking place in Africa, that are of key significance to workers. The first one is the concerted effort to move the national economies from depending on fossil-based energy to a clean low-carbon ...
Sithole, Sinenhlanhla(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2019)
Globally, the empowerment of historically disadvantaged groups, economically, is not uncommon. As such preferential policies geared towards transformation have been a common feature especially towards advancement of ...
Sithole, Sinenhlanhla(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2019)
Employee Share Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are an empowerment tool for workers and have been a common feature in South Africa’s mining industry policy since mining charter one of 2004. They serve the purpose of transformation ...
Kaggwa, Martin(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2016-02)
The aim of this paper is to examine the practicality of how
mineworkers, organised under a trade union, can participate
in employers’ productivity-increasing initiatives in a mutually
beneficial way in South Africa. A ...
Sam Tambani Research Institute(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2016)
The exclusionary policies of apartheid systematically marginalised the majority of South
Africans from partaking in the economic activities of their country. The Mining Charter and
the B-BBEE codes were introduced to ...
Kaggwa, Martin(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2016)
Central to Sustainable Development (SD) is the improvement of people’s welfare in perpetuity
SD is based on the understanding that development of any country depletes a country’s resources needed to sustain it
Implementation ...
Kaggwa, Martin(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2016-11-17)
Global warming is no longer a contested phenomenon –the issue is how to deal with it!
SA government recognizes that the country is vulnerable to effects of climate change.
Introduction of a CT is one of the policy ...
Kaggwa, Martin(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2016)
The South African government planned to introduce a carbon tax from 2013 as part of its efforts
to reduce pollution levels emanating from domestic economic activities. The position of
organised labour has, however, ranged ...
Stafford, W; Simelane, T; Kaggwa, Martin; Mutanga, Shingirirai(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2016)
Biofuels are renewable energy sources that are alternatives to petroleum fossil-fuels. Since energy
is a domestic necessity and also a factor of production (enabling a variety of services such as
transportation, heating, ...
Sam Tambani Research Institute(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2015)
Debate on how to make the mining sector in South Africa benefit more people and subsequently
enhance the sector’s contribution to national development has tended to ignore that mining activities
have negative effects to ...
Mgotywa, Sabelo(National Union of Mineworkers, 2015)
Definition of Economic Exclusion (EE)
Extent of the Problem
Proposed Potential Solutions to EE:
Legislative Solution
Economic Solution (Economic and Industrial Policies)
Political Solution
Societal Value ...
Kaggwa, Martin(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2015-07)
South Africa (SA) Carbon Tax Policy (CTP): structure and arguments for and against
The conventional one way causal model of SA’s Carbon Tax Policy
SA Carbon Tax Policy as Qualitative System Dynamics (SD) Model
Insights ...
Letlala, Faith(National Union of Mineworkers, 2014-11)
-Feedback on the women structure performance –achievement and challenges
-Analyses sustainability of women structure at national and regional levels
-Discusses structure’s participation in national and international Women ...
Montoedi, Tshimane(National Union of Mineworkers, 2014)
“Labour unrest in the mining sector does not have a direct effect on skills development and training”
Rather
“Lack of skills development and training has been a cause of labour unrest in the sector”
It is important to ...
Unknown author(Sam Tambani Research Institute, 2014)
1.Investigate challenges facing women within the mining, energy and construction sectors
2.Assess the extent to which women have benefited from developments in their respective workplace
3.Identify areas for intervention ...